genu varum

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Noun

genu varum - a leg bowed outward at the knee (or below the knee)

bandy leg, bandyleg, bowleg, tibia vara, bow leg

leg - a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

disability, disablement, handicap, impairment - the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness; "reading disability"; "hearing impairment"

Translations

ge·nu va·rum

n. rodilla vara, piernas arqueadas,

pop. zambo-a, curvatura anormal de las rodillas hacia afuera.

genu varum

n genu varo, piernas arqueadas (fam)

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The second day she began with all the comical names she could hear of, BANDY-LEGS, HUNCHBACK, CROOK-SHANKS, and so on; but the little gentleman still said to every one of them, 'Madam, that is not my name.'

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And, as bandy-legs or such physical deformities in children are held to be the consequence of bad nursing, so, if in a mind so beautiful any moral twist or handiness could be found, Miss Sally Brass's nurse was alone to blame.

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On that occasion, Bruno Conti and Francesco Graziani both missed as Grobbelaar bamboozled the Roma players with his bandy-leg circus routines on the goal-line.